feature: Savage (2010)

On Monday night I had the good fortune to attend an advance screening of Savage courtesy of an Irish Film Board competition (thanks folks!) I’d heard very little about it… but I’d seen a trailer before some random movie I went to in the last couple of weeks and a friend said he’d heard it [...]

releasing this week: Dinner for Schmucks and The Last Exorcism

Loads of films came out on Friday. 10 at my count and undoubtedly there’ll be extra ones showing in the IFI and elsewhere. So I’d better just get to it. The first film I’ve chosen to highlight this week is… Dinner for Schmucks from Jay Roach, director of the Austin Powers films. He’s also directed [...]

releasing this week: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

It’s not been a bad couple of weeks for cinema and this week sees a couple of big releases. Adam Sandler’s latest, Grown Ups is out as is Diary of a Wimpy Kid, based on the popular kids novels. Speaking of novels, Swedish thriller The Girl Who Played With Fire is also out. There’s only [...]

review: Piranha 3D (2010)

Bouncing boobs and buckets of blood… … that’s right, Piranha 3D is most definitely, and unashamedly… … a B movie. Then again, what were you expecting from a film about prehistoric killer fish? Truth be told, there isn’t much to be said about Piranha 3D. It’s pretty much exactly what they promised. Between the fake [...]

releasing this week: The Expendables and Piranha 3D

Whereas last week there was sfa to go and see, this week we’re spoilt for choice. There’s at least 4 films I want to see this week. If I tried to highlight them all it would take too long (and I’m already two days late posting this) so I’d better just get to it. Here [...]

review: Splice (2010)

It’s been a while since I wrote a review. I feel bad about this. I’m sure you’ve missed my endless waffling about topics wholly irrelevant to the films in question. Never fear though! I’m back… Splice was one of those films that sounded interesting enough to take note of but not interesting enough to actually [...]

releasing this week: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

I have to admit. I’m faintly curious about The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. I suppose that tells you what I think of the rest of the films this week. Ah that’s not entirely true but the ones look good are on very limited release (like 2 cinemas each) so it’s not really fair on any Irish readers [...]

feature: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

I have to admit, this isn’t a film I’ve been paying a lot of attention to. Which is ridiculous because I really should be paying attention to it. It’s by Edgar Wright, director and co-writer of one of the best comedy-horror films in a very long time. Love that film. Also it stars Michael Cera, [...]

review: His & Hers (2010)

I had to think about this one. Well, I think about all my reviews – words don’t appear on the screen by themselves* – but usually it’s less about what I’m going to say and more about how I’m going to say it. This film had me thinking about… stuff. Ah ok, there’s no point [...]

review: Get Him to the Greek (2010)

You’ve heard me talk about it so you’re probably wondering… what did I actually think of it? Here goes. Or maybe first I’ll do the intro. The ads for Get Him to the Greek have been tryin’ to sell it as this year’s The Hangover… It’s probably a fairly apt description. Looking through the slate [...]

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